KEB History - 35 Years
1972
Company established in Barntrup, Germany.
Products: electro-magnetic clutches and brakes; 6 employees
1980
Sales of frequency inverter systems;
80 employees
1983
Research and development; 120 employees
1985
Electronic production COMBIVERT 56; 160 employees
1988
Closed-loop frequency inverter COMBIVERT 58; 300 employees
1990
Power electronics with IGBT-technology; 420 employees
1993
Founding of KEB in Schneeberg, Germany.
Division: geared motors: 610 employees
1995
Second generation IGBT-inverters.
Start of production of servo drives; 630 employees
1996
Introduction of COMBIVERT F4/S4; 650 employees
1998
Product offering expanded up to 250 kW
1999
Introduction of motor-mounted inverter COMBIVERT M4; 680 employees
2000
New manufacturing facility magnet technology factory 2, Barntrup; 720 employees
2001
Start of production KEB COMBIVERT F5;
750 employees
New "brake-generation" KEB COMBISTOP type 38
2002
Introduction of A-Servo;
950 employees
2004
Production facility built in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A for frequency inverters, geared motors and magnet technology.
2005
KEB COMBICONTROL C5 - PLC;
950 employees
2006
• Expansion of the production facility in Barntrup,Germany; nearly 1000 employees
• New geared motor "series 2"
• KEB clutches for the automotive industry
2007
KEB COMBIVERT B6 - The new inverter generation launched in April 2007!
2008
Production facility built in Songjiang (China), just 20 km west of Shanghai downtown, for serving the ever growing Chinese market.